It's Official: Godzilla is Japan's Newest Citizen

Still no word on Mothra's legal status

Japan's most famous monster is now Tokyo's most welcomed citizen, as the Japanese government recently approved the fictional character's legal residency in an effort to promote the district's latest attraction: a giant Godzilla head towering 171 feet above a Shinjuku entertainment complex.

Normally, only the person whose name appears on the legal document can be issued proof-of-residency papers, but the district made an exception and has made available on a first-come, first served basis 3,000 copies of Godzilla's badass ID, which looks like this:

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Welcome to Tokyo, Godzilla. We can only imagine how excited you are to finally call a town you've destroyed so many times home.